Many years ago, when I first joined the wine trade, the number of grape varieties available to the consumer was limited. It was a rarity to see them mentioned, even on the back label of a bottle of wine.

Next month’s flagship innovation conference, VentureFest North East will bring over 800 businesses together to hear from a wealth of leading innovators who will inspire delegates through a series of talks and workshops, as well as encouraging them to form new connections and work collaboratively.

MJ Hudson has signed for a multi-year sponsorship of Harlequins. The firm is the first official partner of Harlequins Women, which currently competes in the Tyrrells Premier 15s.

Our resident wine expert, Caspar Bowes of Bowes Wine, looks at challenging terroir and resultant unique taste of single grape wines

The UK workforce is becoming increasingly held back by mental health problems such as stress, depression and anxiety. According to research by Robert Half UK, 

Social impact investment company Resonance has launched their latest Social Impact Tax Relief (SITR) Fund in the North West.

Award winning British content company Somethin’ Else is casting for a ground-breaking podcast series in which one of the UK’s most charismatic serial entrepreneurs and financiers, Professor Stefan Allesch-Taylor CBE, will invest up to £250,000 in one great business.

For the second year running, I eschewed the annual en primeurs tastings in Bordeaux this vintage. 

Ongoing uncertainty makes it increasingly difficult to predict what the UK business ecosystem will look like or which cities will thrive post-Brexit. 

London Food Tech Week - the world’s largest week-long festival and showcase of the latest food trends and companies using technology to transform the food and drink ecosystem – will return to the capital from 20 to 24 May 2019 with a game-changing line up.

By Caspar Bowes, Bowes Wine

Inflexion Private Equity has acquired Times Higher Education (“THE”) from TPG Capital, the global private equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG. THE, formerly part of Tes Global, has been carved out as an independent entity as part of the investment from Inflexion. The investment was made by Inflexion’s dedicated mid-market buyout funds.